Optimal experience
Subtitle: psychological studies of flow in consciousness
By: edited by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi and Isabella Selega Csikszentmihalyi
Contributors: Csikszentmihalyi, Mihaly; Csikszentmihalyi, Isabella Selega
Edition: 1st paperback edition
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 1992
Place of publication: Cambridge; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 416
Subjects: Consciousness; Consciousness -- Cross-cultural studies
Notes: Includes indexes

Bibliography: p. 384-401
Table of contents: title: A theoretical model of optimal experience : introduction ; The flow experience and its significance for human psychology / Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi; title: Sociological implications of the flow experience / Richard G. Mitchell, Jr.; title: Flow and biocultural evolution / Fausto Massimini, Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, and Antonella Delle Fave; title: Varieties of the flow experience : introduction to Part II / Mihaly and Isabella Csikszentmihalyi; title: Bosozoku : flow in Japanese motorcycle gangs / Ikuya Sato; title: Women, work, and flow / Maria T. Allison and Margaret Carlisle Duncan; title: The relationship between life satisfaction and flow in elderly Korean immigrants / Seongyeul Han; title: Flow and writing / Reed Larson; title: Flow in solitary ordeals / Richard D. Logan; title: (cont.) Flow as a way of life : introduction to part III / Isabella and Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi; title: Modernization and the changing contexts of flow in work and leisure / Antonella Delle Fave and Fausto Massimini; title: Ocean cruising / Jim Macbeth; title: Flow in a historical context : the case of the Jesuits / Isabella Csikszentmihalyi; title: The measurement of flow in everyday life : introduction to part IV / Mihaly and Isabella Csikszentmihalyi; title: The systematic assessment of flow in daily experience / Fausto Massimini and Massimo Carli; title: The quality of experience in the flow channels : comparison of Italian and U.S. students / Massimo Carli, Antonella Delle Fave, and Fausto Massimini; title: Flow and the quality of experience during work and leisure / Judith Lefevre; title: (cont.) Optimal experience and the uses of talent / Jeanne Nakamura; title: Self-esteem and optimal experience / Anne J. Wells; title: Optimal experience and the family context / Kevin Rathunde; title: The future of flow / Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi